POSTED BY

Rob Beschizza

AT 6:55 AM
Monday April 6, 2009

Robots

children

Biomimetic child will never leave you

robotchild.jpg

"It's not human -- but it is paying attention."

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning [Physorg]

20 Comments

mwilliamrice

#1 – 7:04 AM April 6, 2009

Japan: building a better pervert since 2009!

They had to make it a mouth breather?

Anonymous Anonymous

#2 – 7:13 AM April 6, 2009

This pic is creepy. Soon it will learn how to form social groups with other robots, pick up weapons, and enslave humans.

Doomstalk

#3 – 7:28 AM April 6, 2009

Uncanny valley meets Japanese horror.

Agies

#4 – 7:32 AM April 6, 2009

Unicron Chaser please!

RedShirt77

#5 – 7:33 AM April 6, 2009

It's like a robot zombie.

scaught

#6 – 7:50 AM April 6, 2009

AGGhhhh. I'm seriously creeped out by that image.

Jazzhigh

#7 – 8:02 AM April 6, 2009

If the image creeps you out, just imagine what it would be like to have that thing think you're it's mommy. The high pitched whine of servo motors, creating a voice that calls out for you when you try to leave the room: "Mooommmmmy!". The horror of the teen years and the inevitable disappointment when it realizes you are "only human". This could end very badly. ;)

HeatherB

#8 – 8:15 AM April 6, 2009

I know what will be haunting my dreams tonight.

strider_mt2k

#9 – 8:40 AM April 6, 2009

Indeed.
No human could reach that particular level of super-runaway creepiness.

-now if you'll excuse me...

SUPER RUNAWAY!!!!

bardfinn

#10 – 8:40 AM April 6, 2009

Biomimetic child will never forfeit you
Biomimetic child will never allow you to be disappointed
Biomimetic child will never betray your trust
Biomimetic child will never leave you

You and Biomimetic child have been in proximity for a definite period of time
You are experiencing myocardial distress but you lack sufficient social skill to enunciate your experience
You and Biomimetic child both have internalised databases of current events
You and Biomimetic child have internalised models of an unspecified process and both shall engage said process
In the event that you query Biomimetic child's current process state
do not specify that you are incapable of receiving the output of the state query function

huntsu

#11 – 9:58 AM April 6, 2009

It won't leave you until it nukes Caprica. Then it'll try to hunt you down and kill you.

scaught

#12 – 10:05 AM April 6, 2009

I was just thinking to my self in reflection about the creepiness of that image:

"Fuck that thing, I just won't come back to BBG for a day or so and let it fall down the page and won't have to look at it"

and clicked over to Gizmodo and what do I see right at the friggin top? AAAAGHHHHH!!!!

GeekMan

#13 – 10:40 AM April 6, 2009

Guh. Creepy.

Halloween Jack

#14 – 11:09 AM April 6, 2009

Has Japan gotten to the point where they're making their robots creepy on purpose?

DSMVWL THS

#15 – 12:17 PM April 6, 2009

Head Six and Head Baltar are standing nearby, invisibly chuckling at this.

RedShirt77

#16 – 3:40 PM April 6, 2009

Isn't this the face of chucky from the last movie after they burned his features off?

Lab Monkey

#17 – 8:09 PM April 6, 2009

I'd resent my human makers too if they crafted me to look like this.

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